[Solved] Autoloading core classes and composer

Okies,

Seems I found the right answer here.  It's a little weird because I'm still not sure what the full behind the scenes are doing but here goes. Link at the bottom for a hard to find answer.

Place this code in application/config.php (I did it at the bottom)

PHP Code:

function __autoload($class)
{
 if(strpos($class, 'CI_') !== 0)
 {
  @include_once( APPPATH . 'core/'. $class . '.php' );
 }
} 


Then in application/config.php change

PHP Code:

$config['composer_autoload'] =  false; 


to:

PHP Code:

$config['composer_autoload'] =  'vendor/autoload.php'; // or wherever you've installed composer 


Then, in composer.json add:

PHP Code:

"autoload": {
          "classmap": ["application/core"]
     }, 


Lastly, in your terminal run:

PHP Code:

> composer update 


Now I have access to Admin_controller when called and I have access to the Stripe (in my case) Object.



Reference:
https://expressionengine.com/forums/arch...odeigniter

Notes: This works in CI 3.1.3 and 3.1.6

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